title: A rare case of mucinous cystadenoma of the lung mimicking malignancy at 18F-FDG PET/CT.
abstract: We describe a rare case of pulmonary mucinous cystadenoma (PMCA) detected F-FDG PET/CT and mimicking a malignancy. A 60-year-old female patient underwent F-FDG PET/CT for metabolic characterization of a left pulmonary nodule which showed increased F-FDG uptake (SUVmax = 3.7). Based on this PET/CT finding, the patient underwent a cuneiform resection of the left pulmonary nodule. Histology demonstrated the presence of a PMCA. In our case, F-FDG PET/CT has been useful in detecting this rare pulmonary tumor.
authors.affiliation: From the *Thoracic Surgery, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, †Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Centre, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, and ‡Institute of Pathology, Locarno, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cafarotti
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Treglia
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bongiovanni
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ceriani
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paone
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giovanella
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dutly
mesh_terms: D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18